A new collaborative research project across northern NSW will bring northern region grain growers closer to maintaining healthy levels of pulse crops in their winter rotations.

The seed industry has opposed the proposed Seed Bill in Andhra Pradesh and the State Government has got no powers to regulate royalty.

Cottonseed firms pay royalty (or trait value) to Mahyco-Monsanto for the biotechnology that gives the plant internal strength to kill bollworms.

The Andhra Pradesh Government seeks to regulate this component to keep the seed price affordable to farmers.

Monsanto Co. is pushing on with plans to introduce a controversial new type of herbicide-tolerant crop, and last week's decision by the U.S. government to extend its scrutiny of the proposed new crops should not spell a significant delay, a top company official said Tuesday.

Seed treatments have taken a step forward this year with the addition of new fungicide Group 7 products. 


The new products, along with expanded labels, mean producers have new options for controlling soil borne pests and early season insects.